Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-09
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1887,
NOIE AND COMMENT.


The burning of the Royal theatre at
Exeter, England, Monday night, caused
the death of $50 or more persons. This
is the first serious accident of the sort in
England for good while.
The committee having charge of the
erection of the States monument on the
Gettysburgh battlefield found that they
hadn't money enough to provide a
suitable memorial and so they asked
contributions. Hon. Frederick Billings
of Woodstock has given $500, and Maj.
A. B. Valentine of Bennington, Lieut.
Gov. Fuller and Hon. Carroll S. Page of
of Hydepark, 500 each.
An enterprising youth is the nine-year-
old son of Hiram Taylor of Washington,
O., who mysteriously disappeared ID
months ago. Last week letter was re-
ceived from the lost child with the date
of Cape Town, Africa. He said he had
resolved to 60 around the world. He had
worked his passage from New York to
Cape Town, and was about to sail for
Hong Kong. Thence he would go to
San Francisco, then come home. He had
$50 when he left.
George VIM. Curtis is unhappy now
over the conduct of the notorious Hig-
gins, judging by the following in the last
Harper's Weekly: "The treatment of
the civil service in Maryland has been
Of ha nnints n
the conduct of the administration. 1t is
not explained by the remark that there
is very little reform sentiment in the
State. That fact does not Justify the ap-
pointment of men who are notoriously
unfit, and whose offences are matters OF
judicial record
Central Vermont is preparing to surren
der on the matter of local rates in Yer
mont, and to reduce them to a lower fig
ure than the through rates, or even to t
said they would have been glad to do so
if they could have avoided the hearing
The evidence of the tariffs submitted was
so overwhelming in its unfairness to the
people of Vermont that no more evidence
in behalf of the grange side of the con
troversy was considered necessary. Al
early and decisive ruling from the com
mission is hoped for Springfield Re
publican.
If the teachers of the State will Civ,
honest answers, as they should, to tn,
questions sent out by the w. c. Il. T., the
question of the utility of the present TEN
perance instruction law and textbooks
will be in measure settled. The Gale
donian says: Circulars have been sen
to every teacher and school superintend
ent in the State asking the teachers if they
are in favor of temperance instruction il
the schools; if they approve the law o.
'S6 on this subject; if not, to suggest al
Improvement; asking if they like th'
books adopted, and if not, why; and ask
ing, if there is.any physiology they prefer
that they will name it and give their rea
sons for the preference.
The New Hampshire Senate has al
investigation of considerable interest Oh
its hands. Monday Senator Sawyer ros
TO question of privilege and said: 81
becomes my duty to myself and to tn
Senate to place before this body the fact
of transaction that took place in tn
state house last week. On Wednesda,
was called from the senate chamber b,
the sergeant-at-arms and met Kirk ID
Pierce. During the conversation he pro
posed that make speech for the Bos
ton & Maine railroad for $4,000. l nee